In the mid August, Sierra Leone’s most severe mudslides – triggered by three days of heavy rains – occurred in and around the capital Freetown and the coastal suburb of Racecourse on the city’s eastern edge, as well as in Regent and Lumley where thousands of makeshift settlements are home to the city’s poorest communities. Nearly 500 people have died, of which more than 150 are children. 615 are missing, more than 1,000 buildings are destroyed, 1,900 households are affected, of which 500 are displaced.